There wasn’t a lot of offense in Thursday night’s Helias-Blair Oaks softball game.

So it was only fitting pitching and defense finished the game.

Helias pitcher Paxton Welch induced a groundout with the tying run at first in the top of the seventh inning to give Helias a 3-2 victory at Duensing Field.

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